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If you want to lean more into the counter theme, consider keeping Forgotten Ancient and adding counter enablers such as The Ozolith and Branching Evolution

First of all, Control simply isnt very good in Standard right now

But then the grip tightens, and the mandibles dig in

Now all you need to do is cast Trazyn and give it haste, then it can immediately make infinite black mana

The spells in its spellbook are all spider-related too, so this Ishkanah gains points for pure thematic cohesion

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